How did the Political and Social Context of the 1960s Lead to the Stonewall Riots and How did these Events Impact the Society Back?

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[...] To finish, another major event constitutive of the queer liberation is the foundation of the Christopher Street Liberation Day on June 28th one year after the riots, which memorializes an act of legitimization. Last but not least, in the long term, many political and social watersheds came by. For instance, in the 1970s, gay bars were finally made legal. The decriminalization of homosexuality then started in some states, and was nationally adopted in 2003, thanks to the vote of Lawrence vs Texas case. Likewise, same-sex marriages were officialized across the whole country in 2015. [...]

[...] When they arrived, parked on the street and started to take any customer who showed resistance, the clients were made aware of the seriousness of the raid; yet it was also the moment where they felt that "something was going to happen". Indeed, more and more people were standing and getting angry on the street: the crowd was getting so big police officers couldn't even disperse them. The turning point then came when the police closed the wagons full of arrested people: a violent outburst exploded, directed at the police. [...]

[...] How did the Political and Social Context of the 1960s Led to the Stonewall Riots and How did these Events Impact the Society Back? Today, I'm going to talk about the Stonewall riots, a series of violent protests and street demonstrations that took place on June 28th in a gay bar in Greenwich Village, NY. These riots occurred for various reasons including timing, social history, cultural changes, local geography and political events, and are unanimously considered as the main event that sparked the gay political movement. [...]

[...] Finally, the historical context had in a way influenced the movement as the riots occurred during a period of great social change and unrest. Nevertheless, there have been some critics about the revolt; indeed, a lot of individuals, including queer people themselves, blamed the violence of the rioters, who injured 4 police. Yet others pointed out that although the riots were violent, they marked a pivotal moment in history. Furthermore, the riots didn't erase the divisions between the different parts of the community, for example the ones between older and younger queers. [...]

[...] Johnson, a trans woman who climbed to the top of a lamppost and dropped a heavy bag on the police. Like dozens of people, she was severely beaten and injured for her actions. The protests continued late that night and during the following ones, that were marked by a politization of the fight (slogans, such as "gay power"). A genuine revolution thus happened on that June 28th: it was indeed the first time in history that thousands of homosexual men and women protested against the intolerable situation which had existed for many years and expressed a sense of pride. [...]